Govinda from Surat gives life to teen girl in Mumbai

  • | Monday | 21st August, 2017

The teams worked round the clock to enable the heart transplant." This is the city's 60th heart transplant. They have been gifted a second life by donor families from Mumbai and Surat." Fortis Hospital saw one more heart transplant on Sunday morning. The heart was transplanted from an in-house donor who suffered from Intracranial Bleed to a 13-year-old girl who also suffered from Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

Heart of a 22-year-old Govinda from Surat, who was declared brain dead after falling off a human pyramid during Janmashtami was transported via a commerical flight to Mumbai through a green corridor within 86 minutes on Sunday morning. The Govinda was playing Dahi Handi on August 15, when he fell down from the human pyramid and was declared brain dead later at Surat's New Civil Hospital, where he was admitted for emergency treatment. The hospital convinced his family members to donate his organs. His brother consented for his liver, heart, and kidneys to be donated. While the heart was transferred out of New Civil Hospital at 7 am, it was brought to Fortis Hospital for transplant by 8.26 am. The recipient of his heart was a 16-year-old girl from Malegaon, who was suffering from dilated cardiomyopathy due to which her heart's ability to pump blood had been decreasing. The teenager was on the waiting list since February this year. This is the city's 60th heart transplant. Dr Anvay Mulay, Head of Cardiac Transplant Team, Fortis Hospital, Mulund, said, "Post surgery, the patient is recuperating in the ICU and is stable. The teams worked round the clock to enable the heart transplant." Fortis Hospital saw one more heart transplant on Sunday morning. The heart was transplanted from an in-house donor who suffered from Intracranial Bleed to a 13-year-old girl who also suffered from Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Dr Mulay said, "In both cases, the recipients are two young girls. They have been gifted a second life by donor families from Mumbai and Surat." MAPPING TIMELINE

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